- From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
- Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:30:34 +1200
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 7/08/21 3:04 am, Mike Bishop wrote: > :authority isn’t included in the list because it’s slightly different – > it’s not mandatory. So the others must occur exactly once (which is > stated), while :authority must occur no more than once (which isn’t). > The lack of "exactly one" for :authority has always given me an odd feeling. This thread has just brought to my attention the detail that may be behind that. The requirement to provide :scheme without a requirement to provide :authority conflicts with the RFC3986 requirement that URLs containing scheme MUST also contain an authority section. Are we at the stage of HTTP compliance yet where :authority can be promoted to SHOULD send (or if we want to go all the way MUST), with Host downgraded to SHOULD NOT when :authority is present? Amos
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